JUNE 28: The Sixers have officially exercised Milton’s team option, tweets Kyle Neubeck of PhillyVoice.com.
JUNE 15: The Sixers are expected to exercise their team option on Shake Milton for 2022/23, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). If and when it’s officially picked up, the option will lock in Milton’s $1,997,718 salary for next season.
The 54th overall pick in the 2018 draft, Milton has spent his first four NBA seasons in Philadelphia and has been a regular contributor for the last three years. After averaging 13.0 PPG and 3.1 APG on .450/.350/.830 shooting in 63 games (23.2 MPG) in 2020/21, Milton took a step backward this past season, as his numbers dipped to 8.2 PPG and 2.5 APG on .429/.323/.836 shooting.
Still, based on his NBA résumé to date, Milton is a relative bargain on what is essentially a minimum-salary contract. So it came as a bit of a surprise when Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote earlier today of a belief around the league that the 76ers would decline his ’22/23 option. Scotto’s report suggests that belief is misguided.
Pompey’s story was especially perplexing because declining Milton’s option would make him ineligible to be traded outside of a sign-and-trade structure, and Pompey’s sources indicated the team has been gauging the 25-year-old’s value on the trade market. Milton would be trade-eligible once his option is officially exercised.
Team option decisions for 2022/23 are due by June 29. Our tracker can be found right here.
If Keith Pompey writes it, I assume the opposite instantly
Seriously, when was the last time he was first to report something that actually happened. His source is Larry Brown
Lol, even a broken clock is right twice a day…Pompey is a joke
Why are they bringing this bum back? Between him and Korsmaz, they are two of the worst role players in the league.smdh I was once excited when the Sixers brought Morey on board, not anymore. Over-rated he is
Read the article. He’s making pennies on the dollar and even if they don’t want him, they needed to pick up his option to use him in a trade
Bum? Nah! Milton is a decent depth guy who makes minimal $ in light of his contributions. Is he a starter? Nah…but he is a good depth piece to have…unfortunately we have not put him in great position. He’s a good 9-11 guy on a good roster, not really close to a bum
I will respectfully disagree.
& you will contribute to be wrong
F the sixers
No one likes us, we don’t care!
I spent time in Philly during Brett Brown’s last season and Pompey was one of (or maybe THEE last) of those on-board that Brown should be fired. All of that season, hearing Pompey comment on Brown, I wondered if he was on Brett Brown’s payroll or something. He would literally say he doesn’t understand the talk or see why Brown should be fired. It was mind boggling to hear from a guy that literally saw it everyday.
To be fair, Brown only deserved to be fired for what he did that last year, and then they hired Doc Rivers, who got fired for the same reason as Brown, to do the same things as Brown
Now, the Sixers have Milton and Melton lol…
Shake and bake baby
Why?